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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Bury Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,106 approved · 653 refused · 311 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Feb 2012 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
23 Guest Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3DJ
Received 24 Aug 202213 Wilton Gardens, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2UP
Received 24 Aug 2022Woodgate Hill Water Treatment Work, Sixth Avenue, Bury, BL9 7RP
Received 24 Aug 2022Bank House, 16-18 Bank Street, Walshaw, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3AZ
Received 24 Aug 2022431 Holcombe Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4HB
Received 24 Aug 20221 Wilpshire Close, Bury, BL9 9FU
Received 24 Aug 202251 Kensington Drive, Bury, BL8 2DE
Received 25 Aug 2022Land on Byron Avenue, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3GU
Received 25 Aug 2022Land outside Greater Manchester Waste Disposal, Cemetery Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4EU
Received 25 Aug 202261 Bradshaw Road, Walshaw, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3PN
Received 26 Aug 2022Land at junction of Burns Avenue & Tennyson Avenue, Bury, BL9 9RF
Received 26 Aug 202232 Thornfield Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4BX
Received 29 Aug 20225 Young Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9HS
Received 29 Aug 202260 Launceston Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3UN
Received 30 Aug 20222 Goyt Walk, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8RL
Received 26 Aug 2022Heaton House, Brierley Street, Bury, BL9 9HN
Received 25 Aug 202216 Hampson Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4TN
Received 30 Aug 20223 Prestfield Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6BD
Received 31 Aug 20221 Prestwich Park Road South, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9PF
Received 1 Sept 2022Heaton Park Reservoir Pumping Station, Heywood Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2RN
Received 31 Aug 20222 Mayfield Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9TB
Received 1 Sept 202233 Knowsley Street, Bury, BL9 0ST
Received 2 Sept 2022224 Market Street, Bury, BL9 9AB
Received 2 Sept 20222 Lindow Close, Bury, BL8 1JR
Received 5 Sept 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Bury Metropolitan Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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